The Googlebook is Google's forthcoming new range of laptops, with premium hardware and Android features not offered by its low-end Chromebooks. But the main pitch is all the AI stuff that Google would like everyone to be more enthusiastic about.
Googlebooks are the first laptops designed from the ground up for Gemini Intelligence, to deliver personal and proactive help when and where you need it. It all starts with the cursor, the first thing you see when you open up your laptop. For being the most often used tool on your laptop, it really hasn't seen much change since the right-click was added. We are changing that with Magic Pointer on Googlebook, a feature we built with the Google DeepMind team, that brings Gemini's helpfulness right to your fingertips, quite literally. Just wiggle your cursor and watch it come alive with Gemini, offering quick, contextual suggestions every time you point at something on your screen. Point at a date in an email to set up a meeting, or select two images — like your living room and a new couch — to instantly visualize them together. It lets you go from idea to I'm done in just a few clicks.
Continue reading the press release for things you haven't asked for, never would have thought of, and still don't want. Much of it is like the above quoted paragraph, pressing together the incoherent priorities of every involved corporate potentate. Visualize your meetings! Wiggle your couch! Helpfulness your I'm Done!
There are no specific models, yet, but Google is working with Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP and Lenovo (i.e. Chromebook partners) and the spec calls for "premium craftsmanship and materials, coming in a variety of shapes and sizes" this fall. A "glowbar" will be a distinctive visible feature of all of them.
